Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail

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The Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail is located at 9482 Highway 65 South in Lake Providence, LA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Carroll Parish Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you info about anything you might want to know about the Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find Carroll Parish court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer info that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that would help others would be welcome.

Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail Inmate Search is an online list of people who have been arrested, which includes status, and visiting schedule. You can find info for anyone booked or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find the information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

You must answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you make a phone call in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process may take anywhere between 30 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you have a bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to decide on your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to get discharged in the morning.

Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s name to the Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Each visitor will have to provide identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

The Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so you should call the facility at (318) 559-5980 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail you have to be added to their approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you think you might have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants on the Carroll Parish jail website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Carroll Parish jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file containing a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at the Carroll Parish Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail inmates can change at any time, so it would be best to check the Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (318) 559-5980 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products including soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls might get reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (318) 559-5980

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all of the phone calls that inmates make are split with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Carroll Parish – River Bend Jail, click the link below.

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